Agaronia testacea
| Agaronia testacea | |
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| Several views of a shell of Agaronia testacea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Olivoidea |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Agaronia |
| Species: | A. testacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Agaronia testacea (Lamarck, 1811)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Agaronia testacea, common name the Panama false olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives.[2]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 66 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California to Peru.
References
- ↑ Lamarck J.-B. (1811). Détermination des espéces de Mollusques testacés. Ann. Mus. Nat. Paris, vol. 16. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ↑ Agaronia testacea (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 November 2012.
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